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Old 06/30/2007, 09:53 PM
bboy aqua bboy aqua is offline
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hammer question

I was thinking of getting a hammer coral but im afraid of my pepermint getting eaten by it
how are people experiences with this?
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Old 06/30/2007, 10:11 PM
mr.maroonsalty mr.maroonsalty is offline
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Pepermint what ? shrimp? I would worry more about the other way around.
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Old 06/30/2007, 11:44 PM
bboy aqua bboy aqua is offline
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yah pepermint shrimp
so i no need to worry about it running into the tentacles and getting eaten?
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Old 07/03/2007, 09:47 AM
shibumi shibumi is offline
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I have a frogspawn, a hammer, 2 peppermint and 2 skunk shrimps. Dont worry.
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Old 07/03/2007, 09:03 PM
bpulmano bpulmano is offline
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2 peppermints here as well as torch, frog and hammers.. No problems yet..
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Old 07/03/2007, 09:51 PM
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Our cleaner shrimp walk all over our hammerspawn... No worries!
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Old 07/03/2007, 10:07 PM
israelnajar israelnajar is offline
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Same here. My cleaner constantly walks on my BTA and cup corals and frogspawn and hammer, he is still with me.
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Old 07/04/2007, 08:29 AM
bpulmano bpulmano is offline
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Euphyllia eat way too slow to eat a shrimp...
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Old 07/04/2007, 04:24 PM
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hammers and frog spawn tips are not sticky like some anen., so no worry about them trapping your shrimp.
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Old 07/04/2007, 05:59 PM
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Yeah, I've never heard of a hammer eating a peppermint shrimp. I have a hammer, a frogspawn and a torch coral and neither of them have ever harmed any of my shrimp.
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